Bug#333757: [DebianGIS-dev] Bug#333757: e00compr: please add info about E00 files to the description

[Paolo Cavallini]

Agreed fully to all suggestions.
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At 17:51, giovedì 13 ottobre 2005, Paul Wise has probably written:
> Package: e00compr
> Version: 1.0.0-1
> Severity: minor
>
> On the ITP bug, I recieved the following request:
> > Would you mind to explain, what an E00 file is? I have no idea...
>
> And I replied like so:
> > I'm not sure myself, but AFAIK, they are vector GIS files used by the
> > very expensive non-free GIS software called Arc/Info. The package is
> > useful for importing these into the free grass GIS package in debian.
> > One of the DebianGIS people has uploaded e00compr now, we will add a
> > description after it exits from NEW.
>
> I'm posting this bug report so that this issue is not forgotten. It
> would be nice if someone could flesh this out and update the package
> description.
>
> Also, it would be good if grass Recommended e00compr and avce00. It
> would also be good for avce00 and e00compr to Suggest each other.

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